City of Gold

Happened to watch yesterday City of Gold, Mahesh Manjrekars movie on the problems mumbai faced in 1980's on account of the mill workers strike and how the whole area which was the heart of the mill movement in mumbai was transform,ed by greedy mill owners aided by good for nothing politicians in to a commercial district which now is one of the central hubs of businesses. LIke all manjrekar movies, the story line is based on real life instances and has since been changed to suit the masala mainstream blockbusters that seem to work out in the theatres.

The movie was well made though had its share of cliches .. in all a hard hitting movie more so for the facts of harsh reality that was once common in those times that it protrayed. Its a sad state for people to spend money like water and waste enormous amounts of it while holding back from the mill workers their rightful share. part of this is to be blamed on the government and the greedy politicians who turned a blind eye to blant violation of policy and then helped the mill owners instead to make more money rather help the workers get their righful share

Hope that the new breed of so called GEN NEXT Politicos believe in working for the people and not just become a symbol of broken promises as the politicians are generally found to be

Though hard hitting and shocking in some ways, a good watch to help you a bit more humane and considerate in case you are not ...